Morris Trasken

Released
Gender:Male
Race:White
Era:1910s
State:Pennsylvania
Support
Anti-War Conscientious Objection
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Biography

Morris Trasken was a conscientious objector from Pennsylvania imprisoned during World War I. Court-martialed for refusing military service, he was held at Fort Leavenworth. Sentenced to 25 years in prison, reduced to 1 year. (Documented in the Swarthmore College Peace Collection's World War I Conscientious Objectors database.) Archival note: registered on June 5, 1917, as a C.O.; arrived at Camp Meade on Sept. 27, 1917; declared a CO on same day; placed under arrest; interviewed by Bd. in July ___ at Meade and in ___ at Leavenworth; classified as 1A; charged with disobedience of orders; …

Case

United States Disciplinary Barracks, Fort Leavenworth
Charges: Disobeying orders; refusal of military service
Arrested: Sep 27, 1917
Incarcerated: Sep 27, 1917
Sentence: Sentenced to twenty-five years, reduced to one year. The archive explicitly records arrival at CampMeade September27,1917, conscientious objection declaration and immediate arrest that day. This is the start of military detention, not a separately verified Leavenworth transfer date. Actual release date and total confinement remain unresolved; the prior1918year endpoint was not corroborated and is not calculated from a nominal one-year sentence. Source: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1pW6wsZo4it4CTtGmn_P-dwg1L0arJBfJEhwcIZlSZNQ/edit (MorrisTrasken,row2085).
Convicted: Yes
Institution State: Kansas

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